The Taste of Mango

In it’s outings at the festivals, this quiet camcorder documentary surrounding intergenerational trauma has won the LFF Audience award, and garnered praise from the Guardian and the Evening Standard.

I think this is a bit of a watershed moment for Women of Colour in the British Film ecosystem.

Though some may say the commissioners only want stories of our trauma, there was a time where a story like this simply wouldn’t have been told - wouldn’t have been deemed worthy of putting to film, of releasing. It’s a heavy film, and trigger warnings for massive amounts of discussion around Sexual Assault, r*pe, and the abuse of minors.

As I watched, I couldn’t help but notice that these were British faces, cultures and stories that aren’t often given this time and attention. For that alone, it deserves praise. Therefore my critique seems counterintuitive - there was a lot of blank space. Though the conflict was clear, the unfolding of events felt too sparse to warrant a feature.

Despite this, I will still reccomend it to anyone who needs to feel heard, in a world that has not listened before.